Anchors
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Lissette Campos
Lissette Campos is the Director of Community Affairs for ABC Action News. The Emmy award winning journalist anchors the station’s community affairs segments, “Positively Tampa Bay” and is also at the helm of the station’s community awareness campaigns produced throughout the year.
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Sarina Fazan
After moving to Seattle from Kashmir at the age of 2, Sarina Fazan learned English by watching Walter Cronkite and Barbara Walters. While other kids were playing with dolls and puzzles, Sarina was practicing her future career with a microphone she made from aluminum foil.
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Ashley Glass
Ashley Glass is thrilled to live and work in Florida, her home of many years. She anchors ABC Action News Saturdays 6am-8am & 9am-10am, as well as Sundays 6am-7am & 8am-9am.
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Linda Hurtado
Born in San Francisco, Linda Hurtado studied at the University of Georgia before working in Fort Myers, Orlando and Tampa. She is one of the original members of the ABC Action News team.
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Brendan McLaughlin
Brendan McLaughlin did stints in San Francisco and Austin before helping start the WFTS news operation in 1994.
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Deiah Riley
Deiah Riley co-anchors the morning and noon newscasts.
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Wendy Ryan
Wendy Ryan co-anchors the 6 and 11 o'clock editions. She also launched the popular “Dirty Dining” franchise shortly after joining ABC Action News.
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Dan Shaffer
Dan Shaffer co-anchors Action News This Morning, beginning at 4:55 a.m., and Action News at Noon.
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John Thomas
John Thomas has been with ABC Action News since 1999. In that time he has covered nearly all of the major breaking stories in the bay area including the elections of 2000, Jessica Lunsford, Terri Schiavo and several Tampa Bay area storms.
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Jamison Uhler
ABC Action News added evening anchor Jamison Uhler to its award-winning news team in May 2010. Jamison co-anchors the 5pm and 11pm weeknight newscasts. Uhler joined the ABC Action News team following four years as an anchor/reporter at WCAU-TV, the NBC-owned station in Philadelphia.
Weather & Traffic
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Captain Al Taylor
Alan Taylor, also known as 'Captain Al' is pilot / reporter of the ABC Action News helicopter, Action Air One. He’s been flying for the Action News team since 2002.
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Bill Logan
Bill Logan has been a familiar face with viewers in the Tampa Bay area, anchoring newscasts, presenting weather, and telling stories on the local airwaves since 1987.
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Denis Phillips
Denis Phillips is the Chief Meteorologist at ABC Action News. He can be seen weeknights on the 5pm, 5:30, 6pm, and 11pm newscasts.
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Shay Ryan
Shay Ryan is the newest addition to the ABC Action News morning team. You can catch her with Dan Shaffer, Deiah Riley and Meredyth Censullo weekdays from 5-7am and on ABC Action News at Noon.
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Wayne Shattuck
Wayne Shattuck is a meteorologist at ABC Action News.
Sports
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Tom Korun
Your ABC Action Sports anchor, Tom Korun has been a bay area sports fan for more than 20 years.
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Andrew Luria
Andrew Luria is the weekend sports anchor at ABC Action News, a spot he has held since May 2010.
Top Stories
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FORECAST: Heat, humidity and storms?
Higher heat, humidity and rain chances are moving in. Temperatures are leveling off near 90.
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Pet adoptions, animal shows, and more!
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2 jump in pond to save disabled veteran
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Interview with sinkhole 1st responder
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Conn. train crash sends 60 to hospital
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I-Team: Drowning video raises questions
Reporters
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Jackie Callaway
Jackie Callaway is the ABC Action News consumer advocate, Taking Action For You every day.
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Carson Chambers
Carson Chambers was born and raised in Tampa and is thrilled to be reporting in her home town. She joined ABC Action News after reporting for WBTV Charlotte, NC , WBBH in Fort Myers/Naples and WCJB-TV in Gainesville.
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Michael George
Michael is always looking to uncover stories important to our community. He often exposes ways your tax dollars are being misused.
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Laura Harris
Laura Harris joined the ABC Action News team in July 2012. She lives by the motto, “If you find something you like to do, you don’t have to work a day in your life”.
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Jacqueline Ingles
Jacqueline Ingles joined WFTS in June 2012. She writes, shoots, edits, and fronts her own work while also doing all of her own web work.
Reporters
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John Matarese
A veteran reporter and two-time Emmy Award winner, John Matarese is the Don't Waste Your Money consumer reporter for ABC Action News.
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Alison Morrow
It’s been almost 15 years since I’ve seen regular sunsets over the Gulf of Mexico. I grew up in St. Petersburg, attended Shorecrest Preparatory School my entire childhood, and the moved off to Wake Forest University when I was 17, never thinking my life would bring me back through the Tampa Bay area.
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Ryan Raiche
Ryan Raiche joined the ABC Action News team in June 2011 as a multi-media journalist covering Polk County.
